we have a pretty big crisis in education in this country. by a lot of standards, we are at the -- not even in the top 50 in certain measures. so it's great for kids to have something they're interested in. >> steve: when i was the age of the kid you intend this book for action we had a lot of stories about going into space. unfortunately these days, americans can't go off into space unless they're part of the international space station. >> yes. and only if they fly on a russian soyeuz, which is not an ideal situation. >> steve: let's see what happened. >> it was planned ahead of time we would be in this situation, so hopefully in the next four or five years with companies like space x, for instance, we can get back flying people into space. >> steve: let's hope so. how is your wife? >> she's doing very well. we just moved back to our hometown of tucson, arizona. she's very excited about that. i think it's really helping with her recovery as well. >> steve: i was at the dnc in the arena the night that she came out and did the pledge of alleg